[N-COUNT 可数名词]暴民;乌合之众 A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.
Bottles and cans were hurled on the terraces by the mob...
暴徒向看台扔瓶子和罐子。
The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering.
督察们看见越来越多愤怒的示威者聚集到一起。
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[N-SING 单数名词]大众(含贬义);(尤指)愤怒暴乱的群众 People sometimes use the mob to refer in a disapproving way to the majority of people in a country or place, especially when these people are behaving in a violent or uncontrolled way.
[the N]
[disapproval]
If they continue like this there is a danger of the mob taking over...
如果他们继续这样下去,就有可能被暴动的群众控制局面。
They have been exercising what amounts to mob rule.
他们一直在实行相当于暴政的统治。
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[N-SING 单数名词]黑社会;犯罪集团 You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob .
[usu the N]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
...casinos that the Mob had operated...
黑社会经营的赌场
It was a Mob killing.
这是一宗黑社会犯下的杀人案件。
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[VERB 动词]团团围住;成群围住 If you say that someone is being mobbed by a crowd of people, you mean that the people are trying to talk to them or get near them in an enthusiastic or threatening way.
[be V-ed]
[usu passive]
Her car was mobbed by the media...
她的车被媒体团团围住了。
They found themselves being mobbed in the street for autographs.
他们发现自己被索要签名的人群围堵在大街上。
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mob/mɒb; NAmEmɑːb/
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mobmobsmobbedmobbingnoun1[countable , singular + singular or plural verb ]a large crowd of people, especially one that may become violent or cause trouble 人群;(尤指)暴民◆an angry/unruly mob愤怒的╱失控的暴民◆The mob was/were preparing to storm the building.聚集的群众准备猛攻大楼。◆an excited mob of fans一群激动的球迷◆mob rule(= a situation in which a mobhas control, rather than people in authority) 暴民统治☞see also
lynch mob
2[countable , usually singular ]( informal) a group of people who are similar in some way 帮派;团伙SYN
gang
◆All the usual mob were there.所有帮派成员都在那里。3the Mob[singular ]( informal) the people involved in organized crime; the Mafia犯罪团伙;黑手党4[countable ]( AustralE,NZE) a group of animals (动物的)群SYN
flock
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herd
◆a mob of cattle一群牛IDIOMsee
heavy
adj.verb(-bb-)[usually passive ]1mobsth if a crowd of birds or animals mobanother bird or animal, they gather round it and attack it (鸟群或兽群)围攻,聚众袭击2mobsb if a person is mobbedby a crowd of people, the crowd gathers round them in order to see them and try and get their attention (人群)围聚,围拢SYN
besiege
mob/mɒb; NAmEmɑːb/
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mob1 noun
mob2 verb
mobmob1 /mɒb $ mɑːb/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1a large noisy crowd, especially one that is angry and violentmob of a mob of a few hundred demonstrators They were immediately surrounded by the mob. The leadership had been criticized for giving in to mob rule (=when a mob controls the situation rather than the government or the law).► see thesaurus at
group
2informal a group of people of the same typeSYN gangmob of The usual mob of teenagers were standing on the corner.the heavy mob British English (=group of strong violent men) What happens if they send the heavy mob round to find him?3the Mob the mafia (=a powerful organization of criminals)4the mob old use an insulting expression meaning all the poorest and least educated people in society5mob of sheep/cattle Australian English a large group of sheep or cattle
mob1 noun
mob2 verb
mobmob2 verb (past tense and past participle mobbed, present participle mobbing) [transitive]
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1if people mob a famous person, they rush to get close to them and form a crowd around them: Fans ran onto the pitch and mobbed the batsman.2if a group of birds or animals mob another bird or animal, they all attack it
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